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2009 Toyota Tacoma TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS

TacoTrucker

New Member
This recall was just listed on March 4, 2011 - i'll also post this in the recall area of the forum too.

Summary: Toyota is recalling certain model year 2008 through 2011 fj cruiser, land cruiser, Tacoma, sequoia and Tundra vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard no. 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)." When factory-installed wheels and tires were replaced with Toyota authorized accessory wheels and lt tires prior to first sale, the tire pressure monitoring systems were not re-calibrated correctly and therefore do not start illuminating the low tire pressure warning telltale at the required minimum activation pressure.

Consequence: Failure to warn of tire deflations is a non-compliance with FMVSS 138 and could lead to tire failure increasing the risk of a crash.

Actions: For the land cruiser, sequoia, Tacoma and Tundra vehicles, the dealer will re-calibrate the tire pressure monitoring system on affected vehicles and install an updated tire and loading information label at no charge. For the fj cruiser vehicles, the TPMS cannot be reset so the electronic control unit (ECU) for the TPMS will be replaced. Toyota is currently developing the remedy ECU. If an owner is not certain whether his or her vehicle is equipped with these accessories, please contact any Toyota dealer for an inspection at no charge. The safety recall began on March 31, 2011. Owners may contact Toyota at 1-800-331-4331. For detailed information & supporting documents, see the official NHTSA page concerning recall #11V148000 »


http://www.carcomplaints.com/Toyota/Tacoma/2009/recalls/
 

GearHead

New Member
100 Posts
Um, isn't it obvious when you have a flat or severely low tire pressure? Why is this even necessary? Maybe I'm missing something here...
 

Toyota Girl

Active Member
100 Posts
actually, the TPMS system can pick up just when tire pressure starts to go low, before you feel anything. I've been in a truck before with it and the alert came on and we were like WHAT? False sensor maybe? No, there was a nail in the tire and it was losing pressure.
 

GearHead

New Member
100 Posts
Well, that is pretty impressive. Didn't know they worked that well. Guess it is nice to know you are losing pressure before you end up having a real problem and are stuck.
 

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